Attendance • Activities • Media • Messaging • Billing • Compliance

Everything your daycare needs to stay organized, connected, and stress-free.

Manage attendance, daily activities, parent communication, and billing, all in one place. Built for providers, staff, and parents.

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A system your team can actually use.

Clean workflows for staff, clear updates for parents, and the operational tools owners need, without the complexity.

  • Role-based access and privacy controls
  • Notifications for key events and updates
  • Built for owners, teachers, and parents

Features that turn into real benefits

Save time, reduce errors, improve communication, and build parent trust, with tools designed for daycare workflows.

AI incident reports
20 minutes of paperwork in 90 seconds

Staff record a short voice memo; Rawdly transcribes it and drafts a formal incident report with the structured fields inspectors expect. The director reviews, edits, and signs, every word still theirs.

  • Voice memo to formal draft in under two minutes
  • Structured fields: who, what, where, when, action taken
  • Director signs; signed report is immutable and audit-logged
Attendance check-in/out
Know who's here, instantly

Quick check-in/out with timestamps and notes, so staff saves time and parents stay informed.

  • Fast check-in/out with timestamps
  • Notes for pickups, drop-offs, and exceptions
  • Clear "present today" view
Daily activity logging
Reduce admin time

Log meals, naps, diaper changes, and notes in seconds, and generate automatic daily summaries from what's recorded.

  • Meals, naps, diaper changes, and notes
  • Highlight important updates for quick review
  • Automatic daily summaries
Gallery & media sharing
Share moments safely

Upload photos/videos/documents, tag children, and control privacy per item, so the right families see the right content.

  • Upload photos, videos, and documents
  • Tag children + set privacy per item
  • Filter/search by child, tag, date, and type
Messaging & notifications
Keep parents in the loop

Chat with parents and manage conversations with notifications for key updates, without juggling multiple tools.

  • Parent messaging built-in
  • Conversation management for staff
  • Notifications for important events
Billing & payments
Get paid on time

Create invoices, track payments, and manage payment methods, tied to children and families for fewer errors.

  • Invoices connected to families
  • Payment tracking and history
  • Payment methods supported
Dashboard insights
Stay on top of operations

See key metrics and recent activity so you can spot issues early and keep the day running smoothly.

  • Operational visibility at a glance
  • Recent activity and key metrics
  • Designed for real daycare workflows
Compliance & operations

The compliance and operations toolkit for licensed childcare

Ratios, the food program, immunizations, subsidies, and developmental records, the regulatory work daycares actually get audited on, handled in one place.

Live ratio monitoring
Stay inspection-ready

See staff-to-child ratios for every classroom in real time, with instant alerts the moment a room slips out of compliance.

  • Color-coded ratio status per classroom
  • Instant breach alerts to directors
  • 30-day history with WA WAC defaults built in
License inspector export
One tap, fully documented

Hand inspectors a clean PDF of the last 30 days of attendance and ratios, formatted to WA WAC 110-300 requirements.

  • 30 days of attendance and ratio snapshots
  • Printable, one page per day
  • Breach events and signature line included
CACFP menu planning
Claim every reimbursable meal

Build weekly menus from the USDA food components and see meal-pattern compliance by age band as you plan.

  • Weekly menu builder with USDA food components
  • Real-time meal-pattern checks by age band
  • Copy and duplicate weeks in seconds
AI allergy alerts
Catch unsafe meals before serving

Rawdly cross-references every planned menu against each child's documented allergies and warns staff before the meal reaches the table.

  • Menus checked against each child's allergies
  • Inline warnings and a classroom alert tray
  • Allergy flags surfaced on child profiles
Immunization & health records
Never miss a due date

Track each child's CDC vaccine schedule with color-coded due and overdue alerts, plus structured allergies and medications captured at enrollment.

  • CDC schedule timeline per child
  • Color-coded due and overdue alerts
  • Vaccine card uploads, allergies, and meds
Lesson plans & milestones
Show developmental progress

Plan the week against Washington Early Learning Guidelines and capture milestone observations that turn into progress reports families love.

  • Weekly lesson plans tagged to WA ELG domains
  • Milestone observations with photos
  • Progress Report PDFs for parents
Subsidy billing & accounting
Built for WCCC and your books

Split invoices between families and the state, export the SSPS file DCYF expects, and push clean data into QuickBooks or Xero.

  • WCCC split invoices (parent + state portions)
  • SSPS export for monthly DCYF submission
  • QuickBooks and Xero CSV export
Staff background checks
Onboard with confidence

Run Sterling or Checkr background checks right from staff onboarding and track clearance status, without ever storing sensitive PII in Rawdly.

  • Sterling and Checkr integration built in
  • Clear, action-required, and expiry tracking
  • SSN forwarded to providers, never stored
Save 10+ staff hours every week.
Operations

Save 10+ staff hours every week.

Replace handwritten attendance sheets and end-of-day report writing with fast digital check-ins, live room visibility, and one-tap daily activity logs.

  • Check children in and out in seconds
  • See attendance and room ratios at a glance
  • Turn meals, naps, potty, and notes into daily reports
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Reduce parent follow-up before it starts.
Parent Trust

Reduce parent follow-up before it starts.

Give families timely updates, photos, and messages from one secure place so they are not asking at pickup what their child ate, slept, or did.

  • Send daily updates parents actually read
  • Share photos with child-level privacy controls
  • Keep staff-parent messages out of personal phones
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Stop chasing tuition at pickup.
Cash Flow

Stop chasing tuition at pickup.

Set recurring tuition, send invoices, and track payment status without spreadsheets. Directors can see who paid, who is late, and what needs follow-up.

  • Automated recurring tuition invoices
  • Payment status visible in one dashboard
  • Clear records for every family account
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Make your daycare feel premium without extra admin.
Family Experience

Make your daycare feel premium without extra admin.

Rawdly turns logged activities into polished daily summaries and family-friendly moments that help parents see the value of your care every day.

  • AI daily summaries from staff activity logs
  • Personalized illustrated eBooks for children
  • Audio narration that families can replay at home
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Who it's for

Rawdly supports the whole daycare ecosystem, owners, staff, and families.

Daycare owners

Stay organized, reduce admin time, and keep billing and records accurate.

Teachers & staff

Fast daily workflows for attendance, activities, and communication, without extra tools.

Parents

Clear updates, photos, and messages that build trust, all in one place.

Trusted by providers who want less admin
"Rawdly cut our admin time in half."
- Sarah, Little Steps Daycare
Simple setup, workflows that match real daycare operations, and privacy controls that make sense.
Why choose Rawdly?
  • Simple setup in minutes, no long onboarding
  • Designed specifically for daycare workflows
  • No hidden fees, clear plans and pricing
  • Friendly support when you need it

Built for real daycare workflows

Privacy controls that make sense

Set media visibility per item (public/private/staff-only) and tag the right children.

One place for the whole day

Attendance, meals, naps, notes, and daily summaries stay connected and searchable.

Operations, not just communication

Messaging, notifications, and billing live in the same system as your records.

Common reasons daycares hesitate

Rawdly is built to remove setup, cost, trust, and adoption friction before you commit.

Most small daycares can create their center, add staff, add children, and start logging activity in under 10 minutes. You can keep the first rollout simple and add billing or AI features when ready.

Run tomorrow's daycare day with less admin.

Start free, add your center in minutes, and see how Rawdly handles attendance, daily updates, parent communication, and billing from one place.

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